Amphisbaena borelli

Amphisbaena borelli is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to central South America.

Amphisbaena borelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. borelli
Binomial name
Amphisbaena borelli
Peracca, 1897
Synonyms[2]
  • Amphisbaena borelli
    Peracca, 1897
  • Amphisbaena steindachneri borelli
    — Gans, 1964
  • Leposternon borelli
    — Gallardo, 1969
  • Cercolophia borelli
    — Vanzolini, 1992
  • Amphisbaena borelli
    — Mott & Vieites, 2009
  • Cercolophia borelli
    — Avila et al., 2013

Etymology

The specific name, borelli, is in honor of French-born Italian ornithologist Alfredo Borelli.[3]

Geographic range

A. borelli is found in Argentina (Salta Province) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz Department and Tarija Department).[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. borelli are forest and savanna.[1]

Description

Dorsally, A. borelli is grayish brown, with each segment being darker in the center. Ventally, it is dirty white, without markings.[4]

Reproduction

A. borelli is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Aguayo, R.; Aparicio, J.; Arzamendia, V.; Embert, D.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Gonzales, L.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Muñoz, A.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Amphisbaena borelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56039152A56039155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56039152A56039155.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Amphisbaena borelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena borelli, p. 32).
  4. Peracca (1897).

Further reading
  • Avila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238. (Cercolophia borelli). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Gans C (1964). "The South American species of Amphisbaena with a vertically keeled tail (Reptilia, Amphisbaenidae)". Senckenbergiana biologica 45 (3/5): 387–416. (Amphisbaena steindachneri borellii, p. 397).
  • Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dott. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repubblica Argentina. Rettili ed Anfibi ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 12 (274): 1–19. (Amphisbaena borelli, new species, pp. 8–9). (in Italian).



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